Comb cleaning brushing machine



Oct. 3, 1950 WEBSTER ET AL 2,524,214

COMB CLEANING BRUSHING MACHINE Filed Feb. 10, 1948 IN VE NTORS Fred Webster and Steve Zazu/enc/Luc/i Attorney Patented Oct. 3, 1950 COMB CLEANING BRUSHING MACHINE Fred Webster and Steve Zazulenchuck, Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada Application February 10, 1948, Serial N 0. 7,334

1 Claim. (Cl. 15-39) This invention relates to a comb cleaner and more particularly to a plurality of rotating brushes mounted within a housing for the purpose of cleaning combs.

My invention provides for a comb cleaner of the character hereinafter more specifically set forth, consisting of a streamlined housing, and a removable tray for collecting the dirt removed from the comb. A pair of rotating fibre brushes for efiecting the cleaning and a further fine steel wire brush for the more difiicult cleaning.

The brushes are positioned longitudinally within the casing and are mounted on a shaft, said shaft being journalled within the casing. Secured on the same shafts are gears in meshing engagement with each other which when actuated will cause the brushes to turn in opposite direction to each other.

The steel wire brush is mounted on a third shaft also equipped with a gear.

Since the three gears are meshed together it will result that the steel wire brush will rotate in the opposite direction to what is desired in comb cleaning when the operating handle is turned in one direction. Now since my device can be operated in either direction it becomes merely necessary to turn the operating handle in the opposite direction when using the steel fibre brush. As only one wire brush is provided it will be necessary after the comb is cleaned on one side, to reverse same and repeat the process on the other side.

It will be seen in Fig. 2, of the drawing that I provide a comb support so arranged as to keep the teeth of the comb well into the path of the brush fibres. It is also to be noted that the comb support serves also as a brush cleaner as the edge of said comb support rests in the path of the fibre brushes so that at each revolution of the fibre brushes the bristles will strike against the edge of the comb support and any foreign bodies which may adhere to the brush fibres will be removed therefrom.

The primary object of my invention is therefore to provide a comb cleaning device rotatably mounted within a housing.

A further object is the provision of a steel wire brush to be used in the removing of dirt from comb which is strongly adhered thereto.

A still further object is the provision of a combination comb support and brush cleaner.

A still further object is the provision of a removable tray which collects the dirt from the comb.

With these and other objects in view that may appear while the description proceeds the invention consists in the novel arrangement of cooperating parts shown in the accompanying drawings forming part of this application and in which:

Fig. 1 is a plan View of the device partly in section;

Fig. 2 is a section on line 2--2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the comb support, and

Fig. 4 is a side elevational view thereof.

Referring more in detail to the drawings in which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views it will be seen the invention consists of a housing having a streamlined top I 4 integral with side walls I0 and l I. On the top of the device and in spaced apart parallel relationship to each other are two slots [5 for the insertion of the comb to be cleaned.

Directly below the slot openings l5 and affixed to the end walls I2 and I3 are comb supporters l6. Figures 3 and 4 of the drawings show the detail construction of the comb support. It consists of a strip of sheet material having flanges l'l formed at each extremity thereof. The flanges are for the purpose of securing the comb support to the end walls. At regular spaced apart intervals and upon the upper longitudinal edge of the support are the comb supporting lugs 18.

As may be seen in Figure 2, of the drawings the comb support I 6 is secured to the device well into the path of the bristles of the rotating brushes so that it is also used to remove dirt particles which may tend to adhere to the brushes when combs are cleaned.

Directly below the brushes and resting on the bottom IQ of the device is a removable tray 2E3 which collects the dirt falling from the combs.

To effectively clean the combs, three brushes are used. One of the brushes 2| is of fine steel wire bristles and is used to remove dirt which has a tendency to strongly adhere to the comb. When the comb has been scraped on both sides by the steel wire brush it is then inserted between the two bristle fiber brushes 22 and. there totally cleaned of all dirt.

The brushes are removably mounted on shafts. Each shaft has a gear 23 secured thereon and on the center gear is aifixed the operating handle 24 which when actuated will transmit the rotary motion to all three brushes through the meshed gears 23.

In operation a dirty comb is first inserted in the slot provided above the wire brush and the operating handle 24 is actuated. This will cause the steel wires of the brush to dislodge from between the teeth of the comb any dirt adhering thereto. The comb is then turned over and the same process applied to the other side.

To completely clean the comb it is then inserted into the other slot when the device is again actuated by means of the same handle rotated in the opposite direction. This will cause the two fibre brushes to simultaneously clean both sides of the comb and remove therefrom any remaining dirt particles.

It is believed that the construction and advantages of the invention may be apparent from the foregoing paragraphs taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings without further detailed description.

While the preferred embodiment of the invention has been disclosed it is understood that minor changes in the construction and arrangement of cooperating elements may be resorted to within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

We claim:

A comb cleaning device comprising a casing having a longitudinal slot in its top wall in which the comb to be cleaned is inserted, parallel rotary brushes mounted in said casing and extendin the length thereof on opposite sides of the vertical axis of said slot, one of said brushes having wire bristles and the other fibre bristles with the rows of bristles of each brush arranged for interfitting engagement with the bristles of the other brush, meshed gears attached to the shafts of said brushes for rotating the brushes in opposite directions, a crank handle for turning said gears, and a metal strip extending longitudinally of said casing in vertical alinement with the slot in the top wall having angularly bent lugs along its upper edge at spaced intervals for supporting the comb in cleaning position between said brushes.

FRED WEBSTER.

STEVE ZAZULENCI-IUCK.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 885,497 Maibaum Apr. 21, 1908 1,274,573 Mellien Aug. 6, 1918 1,542,025 Ballman June 16, 1925 1,662,418 Grasser Mar. 13, 1928 1,988,997 Charron et a1 Jan. 22, 1935 

